hi hello,
welcome to the third issue of somatic semantics.
i’ve been all kinds of exhausted this week + deemed it appropriate to compile (yet another) list of what’s keeping me alive at the moment. so here it is!
what’s keeping me alive
(( in no particular order ))
my nephew/bestie
there’s something ultra precious about being on the receiving end of an i love you bestie from a 5 year old with resting bitch face.
being honest with myself + learning to refuse
i’m slowly learning to say a wholehearted no to what i must refuse in the service of my health in order to then say a full-bodied yes to what is actually for me. special thanks to my business coach, kenta thomas naoi, for being my doula in this process.
being horizontal, in bed, with a hot water bottle on my perpetually nervous abdomen
this song
~very slowly~ learning to receive care
my epistolary romance with rudi
an evening stroll with joséphine + khaled
i may or may not have coerced them into taking a walk with me… they loved it.
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what’s keeping you alive right now? share your survival tactics + rituals of care in the comments!
with love + light,
nènè
my partner, friends and voice-noting long-distance loves :') also my bike, sex + p-valley lol